The military has removed all roadblocks in the stronghold of Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud to open the troubled South Waziristan tribal district to rest of the country amid a proposed peace deal, a news report said on Sunday.
Pamphlets were distributed on Saturday in the area on behalf of the security forces, declaring that the road access was being restored to facilitate the local population, and to return to normality, press reports said.
Though the peace accord between the government and the Mehsud tribesmen is yet to be signed, the troops are observing a ceasefire after clearing the area of insurgents, the pamphlets read. They also asked the people to fulfil their responsibility by ridding South Waziristan of militants.
The process of reconciling with the hard-line tribesmen restarted after a change in government. Nationalists in NWFP have expressed their firm resolve to pursue peace talks with Taliban to put an end to vviolence.